Settings for 1080/60i Footage

I'm in new territory here. I've previously only worked with 720/24p (Varicam) footage and am now working with some 1080/60i footage that originated in 1080/24p. It's a long story (see PS below if interested). Bottom line is we're stuck withi 1080/60i My question is this: The footage in FCP looks fine (for interlaced) but when I send it to compressor for DVD, the footage looks like it's low resolution (like it's 1/2 the amount of lines, but doubled) compared to everything else I've ever compressed. There are jagged edges everywhere... you can count the lines on certain objects in the frame... even/especially in progressive playback mode. It looks pretty bad. I've tried so many different settings and can't find a combination that works. Anyone out there with a solution?
Rod Santiano
Provo, UT
LONG STORY: We shot our project using Sony's new XDCAM HD F350 in the 35 Mbs 23.98p mode. Well, FCP doesn't support that yet so we rented a F70 deck to record the HDSDI signal from the camera in 25 Mbs mode (which Apple now supports). Problem is: the HDSDI signal from the camera only comes in the 60i flavor. So now we have the situation mentioned above as our only workaround. Any other ideas? We're pretty late in our editing as it is due to all of this.

Hey Roderick,
i thought 720p material was only 59.94 or 60?
anyway, i am going to star with the basic questions, as in how are you exporting from FCP and how are you setting compressor?
you are down-resing your HD footage first, correct (in FCP)?
i am surprised that FCP cannot take in 23.98 @ 35 mbps, but this sounds like mpeg2 (since you are compressing from your camera).
i usually work on uncompressed 23.98fps and depending on the tape anywhere from 100 - 440 mbps and import to FCP no problem (although i still have to render it depending on how i am compositing).
anyway, let me know what and how you are setting both FCP on export and compressor to compress.
Mikey M.

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